Voices From a ‘Shithole Country’
Mar 29, 2018 A Nigerian writer collects reactions from fellow citizens about the Trump slur, and those reactions aren't always what you might expect.
Politicians Are Leaving the Problem of Nuclear Waste to Future Generations
Feb 27, 2018 The U.S., France and the U.K. continue to build nuclear power stations without addressing the problem of existing waste, which is reaching potentially dangerous levels.
Total War in Syria Reveals a Toothless U.N.
Feb 21, 2018 One of the most distressing takeaways from the country's civil war is that the United Nations does not work and the hopes of the framers of its 1945 charter have been dashed.
Buttering Up the Pentagon
Feb 20, 2018 The newly released National Defense Strategy offers a glimpse at how the Pentagon’s vision of future global policy manages to provide something for each of its services and their corporate backers.
Let’s Also Remember the Schoolchildren U.S. and Russian Bombs Are Killing
Feb 16, 2018 Schools have repeatedly been struck from the air by Saudi, UAE, Moroccan and Jordanian pilots using American-supplied planes and bombs, in a campaign backed by Washington and the United Kingdom.
Big Business Threatens Earth’s Future
Feb 10, 2018 With their global reach and financial resources, transnational companies say they are ushering in a sustainable future. But a new book says that trusting them to do that is like trusting arsonists to be firefighters.
What Is Russian Role in Downing of Israeli Warplane?
Feb 10, 2018 If Russia was involved, it may be a sign of Vladimir Putin’s determination to assert the prerogatives of his nation's sphere of influence in Syria.
Pentagon Watchdog Calls Out Two Military Commands for Financial Malfeasance
Feb 9, 2018 The U.S. Africa Command and Central Command squanders $500 million fighting a drug war in a scandal that catches the essence of what may be the true opioid crisis of 21st-century America.
President Offers a Helping Hand to China and Russia
Feb 7, 2018 Many of Donald Trump's actions and tweets prior to the release of his national security strategy provided Beijing and Moscow with opportunities to extend their influence and power.
